…ts and for a comprehensive system of careers advice for every stage of life. The government’s forthcoming review of tertiary education must fully examine these issues. “Graduate salaries need to be understood in the context of significant regional variations in the UK’s highly unbalanced economy and the importance of careers like nursing which play a hugely vital role in society but are not among the highest paid. Equally, family background and pa…
…ge Framework will allow for fair comparisons between institutions. This will be important for avoiding a size matters scenario. We want the KEF to capture and reward the fullest range of interactions between universities, businesses and communities. “The appointment of a technical advisory group to drive the next stage of the KEF is a positive step, sitting alongside the university expert group led by Prof Trevor McMillan which has already carried…
…ramework for universities, which will measure how effectively universities commercialise their research. The knowledge exchange framework will sit as a third pillar alongside the teaching excellence framework, which measures teaching quality, and the research excellence framework, which assesses research outputs”. Maddalaine Ansell, said: “The knowledge exchange framework must look beyond simply the commercialisation of research, patents and intel…
…d integration of ideas into industry to achieve practical and effective outcomes. One of the most practical sessions for me was on day one by Professor Alan Reed where we were encouraged to break our research down to a practical level to articulate the anticipated impact of our research. In addition, the session by Dr Heather Sears on improving our presentation skills through simplicity helped students think beyond the technical depths of our topi…
…e Aspirin Esomeprazole Chemoprevention Trial (AspECT) has run for more than 12 years. It has involved 2,500 patients with more than 25,000 years of patient follow up. A key objective for the Network is to understand why aspirin works for some patients and not for others. It seems to work for 25% of patients but the other 75% do not get a benefit. The trouble is we don’t know who will benefit and who – more rarely – will be adversely affected. The…
…me of financial support to establish the centre of excellence, totalling £1.4m. As the first and only personal finance research centre in the UK that has an active teaching programme freely available to the public, the centre has successfully delivered a suite of open educational resources via OpenLearn and FutureLearn (titles include Managing my Financial Journey, Managing my Money and Managing my Investments), which have helped over 215,000 peop…
…d many Open programme students bring credits from higher education studies completed elsewhere. Central to the OU’s success has been securing partnerships to ensure they can reach the widest possible range of learners. For example, it works closely with broadcast media providers to generate 250 million views a year of OU content, and provide free learning for nine million active learners through YouTube, Amazon and Google Play, as well as free Ope…
…upporting widening participation and maximising the success of our students. “However, as the report recommends, encouraging collaboration, with schools, employers and between universities is the best way to do this – to learn from our experiences and to constantly improve. This is a perfect example of why collaboration is so important and why the Office for Students should have a duty to encourage it.” Notes to editors The Social Mobility Advisor…
…Our University Alliance position paper on the Higher Education & Research Bill has been published ahead of the House of Commons Bill Committee taking evidence this week. Professor Quintin McKellar CBE, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire and University Alliance’s regulatory lead will give evidence to the committee on Tuesday 6 September representing UA. Read the position paper here or click on the image….
…are highlighted in the article including Teesside University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Salford University, among others. Read the story in full here. …